OK. Who wants a husky and is up for a challenge?

[MelissaB]

love this husky, please!

okay, i have an absolutely beautiful, full-bred, very affectionate, siberian husky with solid white fur and bright blue eyes. i got him when he was about three months old and he is now ten months old. i paid a ton of money for him and he has had all his shots including bordatella. he has recently also been dewormed and cured of some weird rash/fungus/bacterial skin infection, but he is not fixed. sadly, idk if i can keep him any longer. you see, he ate my old cat. that like to have killed me as well.

for the record, he chases the other cats relentlessly. he runs faster than any cat or dog i have ever known (and i used to have a retired-from-racing greyhound). he jumps the fence. he pees in the house. he digs holes in the yard. he shreds pillows and dog beds and tennis balls and door frames. he chews holes in the upholstery. he destroys shoes. he annoys the crap out of other dogs. he pukes in the car. he pulls a strong metal corkscrew stake out of the ground and drags the tie-out cord along behind him to escape. he is high-strung and wild and a bundle of non-stop energy. he is strong and dominant and insane.

in spite of how awful he is, i still love him and i truly believe he is good at heart. he has a very sweet and loving personality. maybe he will grow out of all this madness, but right now, he is terribly behaved, and did i say, he ate my cat?

do you want him? if you have cats, do not even bother to ask, you can't have him. if you do not have cats, and you do have experience with high-maintenance dogs, and you plan to keep him crated behind thick steel bars and/or inside, i might consider giving him to you.

in spite of how bad he is, if you do want him, you must convince me you are good enough to take him. you must be a stellar person with vet references and a history of working with hard-to-train dogs. i will also need to see for myself where and how you plan to keep him.

call or text or email and we can have a discussion about you possibly being his new owner. it will take someone very special to become his new owner. he is a very special dog.

PLEASE NOTE: he is scheduled to get fixed the first week in january... he has absolutely no business siring progeny. if you plan to take him before that, you must agree to have him neutered.

https://lexington.craigslist.org/pet/d/paris-love-this-husky-please/6778761206.html

This just appeared on my local craigslist.

[Croney]

1. Keep him crated behind thick steel bars?

That is sad.

Reminds me of a guy who wants thick steel bars to keep human beings out.

[Rorey]

5. Yeah, that's no kind of life

It's sad that the guy would even suggest such a thing.

[Major Nikon]

12. Crating dogs can be cruel, but it's not always so

A crate is a useful tool in helping dogs to overcome anxiety issues. Think about dogs' wild cousins who seek out dens. A crate simulates that feeling of security a dog gets from being in an enclosed space and not having to worry about getting attacked once it relaxes. A dog introduced to a new home will have all sorts of anxiety problems and a crate is almost essential in overcoming those things. At the very least it makes it a lot easier at least for some dogs.

I've rescued several dogs and probably couldn't have done so without crate training. Once they learn to relax in the new environment then the crate is usually no longer needed and you can deal with anxiety by other methods. I keep the one I have and take the door off. One of my dogs always sleeps in it.

[Rorey]

17. I agree. I have nothing against crate training.

I understand and agree with you about a kennel being used properly. It sounded like that guy who placed the ad was encouraging keeping the dog in the crate all the time.

Someone my husband knows rescued a German Shepherd who had been kept in a kennel so much her ears wouldn't stand up.

[democratisphere]

2. The dog was never trained properly likely due to a bad owner.

The current owner sounds nutty. This dog can potentially be saved by a good trainer and/or owner. Some humans don't deserve to have pets.

[Rorey]

4. Here in Colorado he could go to prison

I mean the dog. At least one of the prisons has a dog training program that I've heard is very effective.

Yeah, the guy who placed that Craigslist ad doesn't have a clue about how to train dogs.

[Rorey]

3. Huge responsibility

Our last dog was a retired yard guard dog. He was at least 7 1/2 when we took him, and we had him for 7 1/2 years. I grew to love him very much, but I'd never do it again. He was great with just my husband and I, but whenever anyone else was around I felt I had to be very vigilant. Thank goodness he wasn't a wanderer, and he never tried to get out of our yard. I didn't have a cat when I had him, but if he'd have killed it, he'd have been gone too. And I told my husband if he ever hurt one of the grandkids or me, he was a gone dog. Thankfully we never had to experience that.

After he was gone, someone asked me to take their dog who had issues with other dogs and with children. That was a hard, quick NO.

[Phoenix61]

6. A husky is basically a cat in a dog suit.

They are incredibly smart and high-energy. They don't bond to people the way most dogs do.

[Major Nikon]

13. It takes a lot more effort with those kinds of dogs

Sadly many people either don't know how or won't take the effort and they didn't research the breed before getting them.

[Kali]

7. needs a job pulling a sled

working dogs need work.

[missingthebigdog]

8. He is a husky behaving like a husky

I have a husky. He had four homes before he found his way here, and he will never be rehomed again. He has been through a lot.

Huskies are odd dogs. They require a strong leader, but don’t respond well to being forced to do things- or not do things. It works better if they think whatever they are doing is their idea.

Huskies are known to have issues with smaller animals- anyone who has done even a minimal amount of research into the breed should know that. Minimal research would have also revealed their need for training, exercise, and a strong leader.

This guy should never have had this dog- tbh, he probably shouldn’t have ANY dog. The breeder who sold him this dog should have screened potential buyers better.

This dog can be saved, and would be absolutely fine in a cat and child-free home, with a person who understands what he needs. I hope he finds someone.

[Laffy Kat]

9. The lack of pigment and blue eyes makes me wonder if he's deaf.

Are you SURE he can hear? I've rescued two deaf dogs and I know they often get returned to shelters because no one knew they were deaf. Once you figure it out and start training with hand signals you have a whole new dog. Just wondering.

On edit: I didn't realize this is a craigslist ad. I sure hope he finds a home.

[The Figment]

14. Oh how well we know!

Seven years ago I went over to a friend's house to see how they were doing, (they were having a very rough time with life) and they asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to adopt a "Australian Wolf " they said that he was wild, did not listen worth a f**k, tore up the house, would not look at them or come when called, ran wild anytime he was let outside, so on and so on.

Gerry then reached behind a large chair and dragged a snarling critter out of the hideout that the poor thing had made for himself.

What did he have here?

When he turned around what he had by the scruff was a Double Merle Australian Shepherd!!
For those who don't know what a "Double Merle" is its a aussie that was parented by breeding two merle Aussies together (red or blue),when you do this you get a litter with at least a couple of these funny looking critters, they have no brown in their fur,are generally deaf,and have eye deficiencies ranging from poor eyesight to being born blind or without eyes altogether!

The reason crooked breeders do this is that when you breed a Double Merle with a bi or tri color Aussie you get a full and perfect litter of Merle puppies! At $800 to $1200 a pop!

Anyway I grabbed this poor misunderstood puppy (he was about 6 months old) and took him to my lady's house

7 years later Beoregard Spocoli O'Spunion aka Bougas is a extremely well behaved, loved half blind and completely deaf wonderfully trained gentleman.

It takes quite the buttload of patience, training including hand signals, a buzz collar (no shock collars just vibrate) and lots of time to train a critter like this.

My current critter is half Husky and half Catahoula and at the age of 13 still is QUITE the handful!

I hope this critter goes to a high maintenance and strong temperament aware home with a Strong owner who understands "Pack Mentality" and is willing to bump heads once and a while,he will be a great critter for the right person.

[Laffy Kat]

15. Wow, love these stories with happy endings.

My first rescue was a nine-week old Aussie/heeler double-merle but we figured out she was deaf within a day. In that one day we'd fallen in love with her and knew if we returned her, she'd be put down, so we just got busy and learned everything we could about deaf dogs, joined a deaf dog organization, and started training immediately. She wasn't difficult to train at all, so incredibly intelligent. At one time she knew thirty hand signals, although it wasn't really necessary to know that many. She was our sweet girl for thirteen years before leaving for the Rainbow Bridge. In the meantime, we rescued another deaf puppy we saw online in a kill shelter outside of New Orleans. I had her flown to me. She is a Catahoula, the love of my life, my soul mate. She was easy to train too, and minds better than either of my kids ever did, lol. Best behaved dog I've ever had and so, so sweet. She is eleven now and I'm not sure how much longer she'll be with me, but I am spoiling her every second I can.

[The Figment]

18. Catahoulas can be quite the handful

Timber (my critter) is and always has been one of those pups that has a mind of his own, I think the mix of Husky and "Hog Dog" as they say in Louisiana made for his crazy Sense of independence.
Catahoulas can be really aggressive and yet really sweet at the same time, Huskies also, both breeds need a owner that is willing to pay them a lot of attention, give them lotsa love,time,room to run and play and snuggles.
I hope that pretty puppy finds the right forever home,he needs it.

[3catwoman3]

10. Maybe being neutered will have a beneficial effect.

I hope so. He is beautiful.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. When I was at the vet once, there was a dog who looked much liked that

Who was waiting to see the vet - and sounded kinda scary, so my dog and I stayed put in the exam room till he was out of the way. The vet said he was scheduled to be neutered, had belonged to a woman, but now her son was taking the dog - and that would cut down on the aggressiveness. I hope the same is true for this beautiful dog...

[orleans]

11. i clicked the link

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